Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov!hyc From: hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Howard Chu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Two New Computer Announcements - CeBIT Message-ID: <1991Mar28.075533.11530@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: 28 Mar 91 07:55:33 GMT References: <2867@atari.UUCP>> <2885@atari.UUCP> Sender: news@jato.jpl.nasa.gov Organization: SAR Systems Development and Processing, JPL Lines: 22 Nntp-Posting-Host: hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov In article <2885@atari.UUCP> trh@atari.UUCP (T R Hall) writes: [a lot of good stuff, deleted] > 4) Both the STPad and STBook have an "expansion" port that includes all > address and data lines, bus control lines, R/W and a number of ROM > select lines. ALL of the signals needed for the "cartridge port" are > present on "expansion port", so a conversion device need only consist > of two connectors, a PC-board, and a housing. I'm sure some > enterprising developer will make such available at a reasonable price. > Even better, maybe "cartridges" will be upgraded to take advantage of > new features. Awesome. So, cartridge-type expansion port that actually allows R/W access, eh? Great, it's about time. Um, if *all* the address lines are present, does this mean the CPU is now allowed to address its full 16MB address space? Or does the GLUE still bus-error on writes outside the 4MB limit? Geeze, I guess I'm missing something by not getting onto GEnie... -- -- Howard Chu @ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Disclaimer: How would I know, I just got here!